Slog - Comments on In the Hall, Cutting-Room Floor Edition, Take 2 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta In a letter to representatives of the Regional Transportation Investment District last week, Mayor Greg Nickels expressed alarm that many of the projects Seattle needs to have finished before the viaduct is torn down in three years won’t be funded, under the latest RTID plan, until as late as 2027. “It is imperative that the funding for these projects is made available at the earliest time possible,” Nickels wrote. WSDOT’s David Hopkins says RTID has to balance the concerns of all the cities in its jurisdiction when deciding where to spend money first. “Obviously, it’s not just Seattle that’s asking... Copyright 2008 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:07:59 -0800 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:12:21 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by City Comforts Uh...the Viaduct will be torn down in three years in someone's fantasy.

]]> City Comforts http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684624 City Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:16:05 -0800 Comment by pleasantly surprised First Ed Murray speaks out against the ST2/RTID measure, now Greg Nickels expresses displeasure at RTID's paltry, way-off-in-the-future plans for Seattle. Who woulda thunk it? Electeds actually advocating for the interests of constituents, not just unions and property developers . . ..

]]> pleasantly surprised http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684643 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684643 City Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:58:24 -0800 Comment by Runyand Exec. Sims as well could find himself commenting negatively on the Nov. ballot offering. That would be the trifecta.

]]> Runyand http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684699 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684699 City Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:28:22 -0800 Comment by chas Redmond And as voters it's our duty to vote No and No again and cause some sense to be put back into either ballot measure. Sorry Northgate, no monorail for WS, no light rail for NS.

]]> chas Redmond http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684755 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684755 City Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:09:13 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle RTID - it's what's for the slaughterhouse.

Hanging at 5.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684763 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684763 City Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:34:07 -0800 Comment by Ursula Will, the Senate's version of the transportation bill (released yesterday) calls for $1.1 billion from RTID to go to the 520 project. That nag has better legs than you might think.

]]> Ursula http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684842 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684842 City Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:30:52 -0800 Comment by Mickymse Ursula @ 6,

Trouble is they like playing games with RTID. Either fund projects all the way, or don't include them. But don't partially fund them on a long list of projects in a HUGE tax package, so that we have to be hit up for even more taxes down the road.

I want to know what things cost and I want to know it now. They're scared to show their hand, because that's how they killed the monorail...

]]> Mickymse http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684970 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/in_the_hall_cuttingroom_floor_edition_ta#c684970 City Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:12:21 -0800